Written on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players
During the 1-0 win over Everton, Tom Cleverley frightened the majority of Reds by limping off after playing just 55 minutes at Goodison Park. Thankfully, Sir Alex Ferguson said the 22-year-old should be fit enough to play against Sunderland next weekend. Most of us held sympathy for Cleverley because it was his first league appearance…
Written on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports
1. We got what we wanted today at Goodison Park. When writing the match preview last night, I explained how difficult it can be to walk away from that ground with three points, and that’s what we did. After the humiliation against our biggest rivals, we needed something to be positive about, especially for the young lads’…
Written on Friday, October 28, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players
“Anderson son son, he is better than Kleberson…” goes the much loved chant, but is this Brazilian midfielder much agadoo about nothing? When it was announced on United’s official website in May 2007, that the club had agreed the transfer of Anderson there was a desperate search for YouTube videos on a player who had…
Written on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Carling Cup, Match Reports
1. The performance tonight was predictable after the 6-1 loss to our biggest rivals, Manchester City. Even though Ferguson made 11 changes to the team that suffered the humiliation last weekend, there wasn’t many risks taken. Everybody seemed to do their job well on the pitch, with some quick attacking play on show. 2. Sir…
Upon the retirement of Paul Scholes the football world wondered whom Sir Alex Ferguson would find to replace Manchester United’s greatest ever playmaker. Wesley Sneijder, Luka Modric, Samir Nasri; only some of the world’s best creative midfielders were deemed good enough to even be linked with the role of replacing Scholes. So anyone that claims…
Written on Monday, October 10, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players
Tom Cleverley signed a four-year deal with Manchester United on Monday, keeping hold of the brilliant midfielder until the summer of 2015. Not only did the academy graduate extend his stay at the world’s greatest club, but he’s also been rewarded with a huge pay rise. In Scholes’ absence, Cleverley is competing with Anderson, Darren Fletcher…
Written on Monday, September 26, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Rant, Stats
The electrifying start made by Manchester United this season has been down to many things; the form of the unstoppable Wayne Rooney, the creativity of Nani and Ashley Young, the stubbornness of our second string back four, however I believe the job our two central midfielders have done has been essential to our early season…
Written on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Youths, Other Football
It looks like Sir Alex Ferguson will be giving a number of Manchester United’s young prospects a good run next season after discovering Barcelona hold a huge advantage over English clubs – a much stronger youth system. The La Liga champions won their fourth European Cup Saturday night at the expense of Manchester United, for…
Written on Friday, April 15, 2011 by Guest Writer in Players
Growing up in India, it is a normal thing to find yourself crowded with cricket obsessed people, giving their expert views on each and every aspect of the game. I, being no exception, was growing up in the same circumstances. But the FIFA World Cup 2006 held in Germany attracted my attention towards football. Sitting…
Written on Monday, January 3, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Transfer News
It has been confirmed in the last few hours that, Federico Macheda will join Serie A club Sampdoria, until the end of the season. I personally thought a loan spell to another Premier League club would of been a better option, looking at how well it has worked for Danny Welbeck, Tom Cleverley and Mame…
Stretty News – Manchester United blog was launched in the summer of 2010; on the back of coming second in the league just a point behind Chelsea. As you can imagine, we had a lot to say at the time but don’t get us wrong, we still do. Read more..
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